My mom got me the spot gen 4 for Christmas. Im out in the middle of nowhere a lot of the time and am interested in having it for emergencies or communicating when I have no signal however I am not a fan of being tracked on the go. Is there anything to be concerned of with these type of products? Id say yes but I cant find...
I haven't used a SPOT for ten years, but at that time they were pretty limited in their comms. They weren't on if I didn't want them to be on, and even when in and supposedly with service, were flaky. Now, I use an InReach. It has more functionality than the devices in the past, but the connection isn't really any better. All of these devices were owned and managed under government contracts but I don't think they would be any different. I have never used them to track myself as I go, I use different equipment for that.
Long story short, you'll worry more about getting service when you need than you will about being tracked when you don't want to be. A tree canopy or tall canyon can prevent comms.
This would have been avoided if the child's ticket was scanned, which I can only assume must not have happened. I imagine this type of error isn't something they want to talk about any more than misdirecting a kid to the wrong destination.
This is pretty far north in Nevada, not terribly far from Idaho. It's not like southern NV at all. Approximately 8500 feet elevation at this location, there isn't any snow to speak of in populated areas that are mostly closer to 5000 feet.
Coincidentally, I am in Ohio visiting some family right now!
Arkansas man accused of making pipe bombs, trying to flee US in kayak (thehill.com)
An Arkansas man has been arrested after being found with six homemade pipe bombs, according to court documents....
Satellite GPS Messenger
My mom got me the spot gen 4 for Christmas. Im out in the middle of nowhere a lot of the time and am interested in having it for emergencies or communicating when I have no signal however I am not a fan of being tracked on the go. Is there anything to be concerned of with these type of products? Id say yes but I cant find...
Spirit Airlines put six-year-old boy on the wrong flight alone (www.independent.co.uk)
Spirit Airlines issued an apology after putting a six-year-old unaccompanied minor on the wrong flight....
Ghost Town in Nevada
Looking west over one of the houses at an old mining settlement on Spruce Mountain.
Can we please get autoplay blocking for videos?
I just had 2 play over themselves on my feed. I'd rather not block channels or users just to stop it. Videos should never autoplay in the threads